Grade 8 Spanish I
Week 4 –
La Fecha: El lunes, el 21 de septiembre de 2015
Trabajo para Entregar: Activity 14, page 10 (Friday’s Classwork)
La Frase del Día: Yo enseño la clase de español todos los días. Ustedes escuchan y trabajan mucho.
Las Metas: Hispanic Heritage Month, Geography of Spanish Speaking World, and Repaso I: Students understand why and when we celebrate Hispanic Heritage in the U.S.A.; Identify and locate Spanish Speaking Countries; Review how to express likes/dislikes with Gustar, use ser and pronouns to express origin, identify and describe people/things; how adjectives differ in Spanish and English; use definite and indefinite articles; and conjugate regular AR verbs
La Agenda de Clase:
Warm up –
Take the pop quiz – It will be self-graded. You may use the book and you may work with your partners. This is not a real quiz, but it is a self-assessment. It should inform you about what you know today and what you must study for Friday regarding subject pronouns.

Classwork:
Powerpoint Review with whiteboards
Distribute Term I Project Guidelines

La Tarea: Complete the Repaso I Packet – Due on Thursday.
Test on Repaso I - 9/25

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Grade 8 Spanish I
Week 4 – Anyone without a bookcover is staying for a session today – Arrive at 2:15. You have had ample time to get this done and I have given reminders daily. Failure to stay will result in an office referral.
La Fecha: El martes, el 22 de septiembre de 2015
Trabajo para Entregar: Pop Quiz Worksheet
La Frase del Día: Mi amiga y su familia son de Venezuela. ¿Dónde está Venezuela?
Las Metas: Hispanic Heritage Month, Geography of Spanish Speaking World, and Repaso I: Students understand why and when we celebrate Hispanic Heritage in the U.S.A.; Identify and locate Spanish Speaking Countries; Review how to express likes/dislikes with Gustar, use ser and pronouns to express origin, identify and describe people/things; how adjectives differ in Spanish and English; use definite and indefinite articles; and conjugate regular AR verbs
La Agenda de Clase:
Warm up –
1. Complete the Repaso I Grammar Review. Keep this handout in your study section “Vocabulario y Gramática”.

Classwork:
Powerpoint Review with whiteboards
Discuss Term I Projects for Hispanic Heritage
Discuss Blog - Put the blog info paper in the front of your binders with other course documents.
EXTRA CREDIT FOR THURSDAY - GET ON THE BLOG BEFORE NEXT CLASS AND RECEIVE AN EXTRA 50 POINTS ON EACH POST. EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY EXPIRES BY CLASS ON THURSDAY.

https://intercambiointernacionalblog.wordpress.com/


La Tarea: Complete the Repaso I Packet – Due on Thursday.
Test on Repaso I - 9/25
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Grade 8 Spanish I

Week 4 – Anyone without a bookcover is staying for a session today – Arrive at 2:15. You have had ample time to get this done and I have given reminders daily. Failure to stay will result in an office referral.
La Fecha: El jueves, el 24 de septiembre de 2015
Trabajo para Entregar: Grammar Review Sheet from Tuesday & Review Packet (HW)
La Frase del Día: A mis amigos les gustan los chocolates. ¿A ti te gusta comer los chocolates?
Las Metas: Hispanic Heritage Month, Geography of Spanish Speaking World, and Repaso I: Students understand why and when we celebrate Hispanic Heritage in the U.S.A.; Identify and locate Spanish Speaking Countries; Review how to express likes/dislikes with Gustar, use ser and pronouns to express origin, identify and describe people/things; how adjectives differ in Spanish and English; use definite and indefinite articles; and conjugate regular AR verbs
La Agenda de Clase:
Warm up –
Begin working on vocabulary for professions in Spanish. Write the Spanish and English of the different professions on the list. This will be a work in progress to help you for your projects.
You will need a dictionary or word reference to look up the meanings of several words.



The following link is very useful to look up words online:
wordreference.com
Classwork:
Discuss Projects


Click Below and visit the Hispanic Heritage Month Page
Hispanic Heritage Link

La Tarea: Study – Last Chance to get extra credit using Quizlet(See the Wiki). Test is tomorrow.

http://quizlet.com

Reply to the Blog Questions by October 4th – Please answer all parts or the majority of each question. “Hi” as a response will not result in full credit. There is a two sentence minimum requirement to receive full credit on blog posts. Each post is equal to one homework assignment.
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Grade 8 Spanish I
Week 4– Anyone without a bookcover is staying for a session today – Arrive at 2:15. You have had ample time to get this done and I have given reminders daily. Failure to stay will result in an office referral.
La Fecha: El viernes, el 25 de septiembre de 2015
Trabajo para Entregar:
La Frase del Día: (There is no phrase today – No hay ninguna frase hoy.)
Las Metas: Students will be assessed on Repaso I: Students understand why and when we celebrate Hispanic Heritage in the U.S.A.; Identify and locate Spanish Speaking Countries; express likes/dislikes with Gustar, use ser and pronouns to express origin, identify and describe people/things; use articles, adjectives, and nouns correctly; and conjugate regular AR verbs

La Agenda de Clase:
Clear your desks for the test.

After the test – Use an ipad and visit the blog. Read and respond.

https://intercambiointernacionalblog.wordpress.com/


Continue copying the vocabulary for Spanish professions. Use a dictionary when needed.





Read the article, “Top 100 de Hispanos Famosos”. Complete the comprehension worksheet.


La Tarea: No homework – Please get on the blog soon! The professions worksheet and the article comprehension is NOT due on Monday.
Reply to the Blog Questions by October 4th – Please answer all parts or the majority of each question. “Hi” as a response will not result in full credit. There is a two sentence minimum requirement to receive full credit on blog posts. Each post is equal to one homework assignment.
Test on Repaso I 9/25 - The test has been administered - if you have missed it, please make arrangements to make it up within one week.

Funny video to help understand nouns, articles, and adjectives:
Agree it




Below are several power points to help practice and prepare yourselves for the upcoming assessment on Repaso I.






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Extra Credit Opportunity for the Upcoming Test (Due on or before September 25th) You will receive up to 10 additional points on your quiz if you complete the following.
  • Create a deck of flashcards using Quizlet.com Include all vocabulary words from Repaso I on pages 2 and 3. (7 points)
  • Send me a link to your flashcards and take the test showing you scored at least 80% or better for 10 extra points on your quiz. You may print out the test score or copy and past it to an email. I must see evidence that you did take the Quizlet test and scored 80 or higher. (3 points)

http://quizlet.com
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